William Gibson: Military pants under a television sky

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Rough Lobster: May 27, 2009; Don't be such a squid, bro

precision posted:

I don't think I've ever known anyone who thought Virtual Light was the BEST book in the Bridge Trilogy. I remember being pretty bored by it, compared to the next two.

I'll probably get around to re-reading it sometime, it's the only book of his I've only read once.

I really, really enjoyed VIRTUAL LIGHT and was not really expecting to. I think I just really cared for the characters. I felt that they were endearing. I loved the Skinner/Yamazaki interactions, and I really like Berry. But Sublett, man, Sublett steals the show.

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 06:57

Rough Lobster: May 27, 2009; Don't be such a squid, bro

SnakePlissken posted:

BTW, nobody mentions his shorts collection, "Something something holographic rose something." It was great. There's even a bit of old-school science fiction in there that was really good. If I recall correctly, "Surfacing" was one of his stories that I really liked from that, pretty conventional scifi for the time.

Burning Chrome is indeed a great collection of short stories. There's not a story there I don't like. I own the shiny silver version with the scrambled up digital looking guy on the front. God, I love that book cover.

# ¿ May 8, 2014 03:29

Rough Lobster: May 27, 2009; Don't be such a squid, bro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y9711pvZkc

Gibson/GITS fans, this looks pretty sweet. They seem to have the look down right. Dat background detail!

# ¿ Jun 30, 2014 12:41

Rough Lobster: May 27, 2009; Don't be such a squid, bro

Burning Chrome is so loving good. There's not a bad story in it.

And the cover art is neat.

# ¿ Dec 31, 2015 11:16

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